drugget
Americannoun
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Also called India drugget. a rug from India of coarse hair with cotton or jute.
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a fabric woven wholly or partly of wool, used for clothing.
noun
Etymology
Origin of drugget
1570–80; < Middle French droguet worthless stuff (textile), equivalent to drogue trash ( cf. drug 1) + -et -et
Example Sentences
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At length the pursued taxi, careering down a dark side street, drew up in front of the Del Fey Club; Thaw followed a drugget of light on the pavement; a door closed behind him.
From Time Magazine Archive
As soon as they were gone, Ada and I came into it, and performed a waltz on the drugget, which was pronounced stretched to perfection.
From A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Behind him were two of the boys with pikes—frowsy, savage, repellent figures, with drugget coats tied by the sleeves about their necks.
From The Wild Geese by Weyman, Stanley John
Having done this, they stretched a drugget over both drawing-rooms, and placed forms round the room.
From A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The ball-room should be large; the floor well waxed, or covered-242- with drugget, and an abundance of palms and potted plants set about to make cosy nooks just lighted by a shaded lamp.
From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.
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